The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-09
An Explanation and apology from Mr..
Randoluf. Of C,hdo


man OF The Caddo parish Democratic execu-
tive committee, arrived n YssbiDe.ton IA
nlEht, and when seen by The TIMES DFaio-
Graf correspondent to-day was verV enxiT,i,a
70 ascertain what had taken place IN gbr.sve.
port after his departure Friday morning,
ne sald that on the cars the day he left he
I.a ~ me shTeT report papers that the official
pEoeSeqlngs Of the parish convention Of
$50 hsq been found, and he wanted "a
know what erect they had produced
M VI, Hannd0lph was very apologize. He
MI tilat u we proceedings were genuine the
AlchneIR people bad, ct this stage Of this
game, decidedly tie best 0f It. o. me -
sumption that they were genuine, lie felt
That he had made grave mistake. ne felt
KS ~ heenlS giter reading the news Of the
4lBeoYery, while on bis journey, shat AZ the
iTst con yenient station DO telegrapbed back
70 Gas friends to withdraw his action, and IA
let the committee assemble and 90 to work -
organized By the official pr9cesdingB TWAS
~ ma out II such a corrBe had been followed
that Mr. Randolph seemed most Bolicitous.
MIR. Randolph said that while the oriti-
elsm his action had provoked wss to GER
IAN eHtent Just, he wanted the people Of
LOUISIANA 70 know that he acted under 4
apprehension Of the facts. Perhaps he
NATURAL bias Of q warm partisan had led MIN
TO lean unduly IN the direction Of his candle
date, for Governor but be intended TO act ii
good faith.
He said that thorough search was made
py him, NJ. blanchard and Mr. Holdings.
worth for the missing record, and that when
y could not be found, they had recourse TO
the pubic pIlnta Of the day, one Of which
stated that MI. Foster WAS a member of the
cQ1tinlttee.. Upon this be acted. IN the Off
cial record had been before him, he never
would have done as be did he only intend
"a glylng place upon the, COMMITTEES to
faele evidence before him, and leaving 10
the committee itself the right to Dust any I'M
properly seated member
Mr. Randolph deprecated airy split IN The
committee, and said that he had advised bis
friends 70 enter into negotiations looking to
the record
MT. Randolph will probably be detained in
Washington until next Wednesday, when be
viii return to Shreveport
Another Address from the Members Sup
porting BIeEBsry.
SHREYEPoRT, Nov. 22.-The following ad-
dress was issued to the people Of oaddo par
ish to-day:
A few days after the late unfortunate divis-
ion Of the executive committee Of our parish
the Undersigned members Of said committee
Issued 10 you M address setting forth to you
plain statement OF the faeta, explanatory Of
the matter. You vail remember that Ia the
meeting on the 18th instant, when Chairman
Randolph at once and for the first time pre-
scented and decided on the claims az J. o.
SpeRrman and j. w. Foster, we proposed
TO admit Speafman II Foster .Wodld with
draw. This was refused. You have learned
Of our decision, and that each section
fixed its own day for primary elections.
But our section, DESTROYS Of exhaust
ing all honorable efforts to reconcile the
differences that bad 50 unhappily Bepa-
rated the committee, invited the assistance
Of the subcommittee appointed by our State
Central Committee, Ibis gpb-comInittee il
composed Of Hon. Patrick Mealey and Hon.
Lionel Adams, OF New Orleans, and Gen.
Leon JRstremHld, Of Baton Rouge, chairman
Of the State Central Committee.
Two Of these gentlemBn-J0stTemsld and
Mealey-reaehed Shreveport on the night Of
the 18th and gave both sections Of our com
instant, at the courthouse. On Thurs
dhJ, while awaiting the coming Of the sub
committee, the original manuscript record
Of the parish convention Of 1888 was found
N the possession of NJ 3, Y. Ford one q
The seeretariea. This record eopelqsiYely de-
teTnlned two faetg for which We have con
tended, 10 wit: That the parish committee
was eompoAed Of only fifteen memberg and
tnuE Mr., y. N, Foster was not one Of them.
1t ALSO shows that Spearrnall, and act AdaIns,
was elected a member of the committee from
the first ward. As our section had always
been ready. TO admit Spearnaan II Foster
would withdrag, and the record u the pArlsb
convention settling both these question: y
was hoped that the publication Of this record
would lead the Randolph section TO yield the
claims Of Foster sud bring about some effort
70 adjust our differences without the inter
Mention OF MessTs. JaHtremHh and Mealey.
The publication Of the record N the city
papers was abLegtea by Secretary Ford and
by statement that the original
was ~ bis hands to be inspected BY any one
so desiring.
IG 5Gs Va were disappointed. Instead Of
the publication oil the record hnylpB the
effect desired aud expected it's fpding and
only served TO furnish the sepi7
emit and EchOlpstie editor of the Shreveport
ylaY1Ooyt1to a1,hieet for his a4uEtie wit and
meTriment.
When We assembled 81 the courthouse on
night the claim Of the Randolph
Wing was presented To the BlIb-State commit
lively participated IN the meetings Of the
committee on the ] 9th hs proxy Tor pr, Nc
kellar, and our slde was presented py Chpt.
Il. I. Bell, who bad not 10 JaE R4rtlcipate4al,
to assist ne in presenting our case before
Messrg- JastrOInsld aud Mealey. lie placed
In their hands a copy Of our former ADDRESS
y q 5'oerS g59 4 q or ipruleI IN Az ~
MT. Blanchard presented his case with his
usual cirGulnspaetiye force and cleafliess,
but imagine our Accomplishment whep inter-
rupted BY tho sub-eommittee with the direct
question II he still, after the production OF
tie minutes Of the parish convention per-
slated In Mr.. Fosters CLAIM 20 2 seal "a lhe
eonmittee2p He replied thgt he, wsA net
COZ Holingsworth stepped forward and an
nounoed MI. Fosters withdrawal.
This difficulty being removed, was quickly
replaced by another % wiz Nj. BianchaFasS
Nh. u. II. Gililand Now, remep'her thai liz
tbe Meeting OF the 5th Mr. Cal land y nleIa-
bership had not been disputed, but hAd 3een
formRly recognized. Then only ms FlgAtt 20
the Office Of secretary. was questioned. His
meuJbarship v - not disputed for the reason
81 MS alleged removal from the State to1, a
few months in 1855, while the tiles ~ tae
Shreveport Times tp EVIDENCE before 6ne
u this 8tate lie actively participated IL the
neetipg Of the committee IN June, 1856
Without Qges ion or objection.
Capt Bel replied n This; that Wheereas the
removal Of dr. Gillilana from tho State
may have furnished good reaeons fqr hag rel
novel from the committee had such aetlen
been taken bg tile committee AZ the tlfaeI
that bis retain to the state. now nearly tRo
veRfs since. and his sUbsequent Recognition
Is neWher BY aetye and nnQl'eetlonfsa
paFticiDAlQn in the meetlngs q4 fhe commit
UNI cured whatsoever objections on that score
that may have eMgted: no ALSO, Contenfsq
mi NH. sng NV the fisdna II tie stains ef TIC
committee Is shown BY the record Of we
parish convention, leaving q the eqalilll tet
Itself, after being thus tXedi the qetsflli1l
ti0ii n Inc question whe thef oT mol hr tail.
Hand had forfeited his inembershlp; thai 4
steh questipnF were 70 be Investigated w
was informed By peTsQns thep "a we court
hotlse that Nj. Saearnan also hAq tQr tlnls
removed from the StAie, aud was ~ the semt
esEegory Will Mr.. qillilapd, but that ~ AlF
5naament Rnah objections 70 altAef spear
Sasf ~ XII ililaud wore frivolous And tectlhl-
cal and unworthy !ot bemqefats HiRp were
striving 70 heal tllelr party pI3eegess, sng
fiias t6e night wore away, until after uild,
nis5bt. without result, when an adipufnnlen
vlaa lad pntl thG following aay 81 70 =.
ia. The res1lt RI nest qAy A XIV